Netanyahu gifts Trump a mezuzah in the shape of a B-2 bomber made from shrapnel of Iranian missile.
The national religion of the state of Israel is militarism. That's why they can't stop themselves. This month they have bombed Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran. It's as if the Jewish urge to do mitzvos has been transferred to militarism. So of course it makes sense that these crazies would make a mezuzah in the shape of a B-2 bomber from the shrapnel of a downed missile.
I am reminded of this brilliant article by Roger Alpher of Haaretz:
For Israeli Jews, air force jets are divine; the air supremacy they are supposed to afford is a divine supremacy that gives them the powers of omnipotent gods. The planes are supposed to be invulnerable, and the pilots who fly them are supposed to be angels. Angels do not commit human errors….
They see everything from on high. Like God, nothing, no matter how small or how hidden, escapes their eyes. Nothing can escape their vengeful divine fire.
Like God, the Israeli fighter jet is omnipresent and can reach anywhere. It has a long arm. It’s the perfect predator, king of the skies. It’s an eagle, while Israeli Jews’ enemies, the Iranians and the Arabs, are nothing but rabbits and mice that flee in panic for their burrows and holes.
How much awe and respect the Israeli fighter jet inspires in the hearts of Israeli Jews! During the Independence Day flyover, they wave tiny flags at it and clap for it. In their hearts, they bow down to it. (Roger Alpher, “It’s Not an F-16, It’s God,” Haaretz, February 2, 2018.)
And I am reminded of the words of the Brisker Rav: Zionism is idolatry. The mezuzah is supposed to remind you of God, not military jets that fools see as their protector.
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